Country size comparison

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Alaska is about 3.4 times bigger than Iraq.

Iraq is approximately 438,317 sq km, while Alaska is approximately 1,481,348 sq km, making Alaska 238% larger than Iraq. Meanwhile, the population of Iraq is ~40.5 million people (39.8 million fewer people live in Alaska).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Iraq vs. Alaska uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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